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E. KAY. RUB MOTION MBGHANISM FOR ooNDENsf-:R GARDING MACHINES.

No. 523,640'. Patented'July 24, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD. KAY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BESWICK & KAY, OF SAME PLACE.

RUB-MOTION MECHANISM FO'R CONDENSEB CARDlNG-MACHINES. i

sPEcIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,640, dated July 24., 1894.

l Application iled April 24,1894. lSerial No. 508,788- (No model.)

To all whom tm/ay concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD KAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, inthe county of Philadelphia and State ofA Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rub- Motion Mechanism for Condenser Carding- Machines, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention has relation in general to condenser or finisher carding machines; and it relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement of' the driving mechanism of the rub-motion of such a machine ladapted totransform sliver or slubbing into roving.

The principal objects of my present invention are iirst, to provide a comparatively simple and eective mechanism for actuating the rub-rolls of a condenser or finisher carding machine to permit of an appreciable in` crease in the speed thereof and with the friction on the parts of said mechanism correspondingly reduced; and second to provide a condenser of a carding machine with sliding yokes or frames adapted for the reception of divided grooved blocks or boxes which `are connected with and actuated by a quartered eccentric shaft in apertures of the sliding yokes or frames engaging guides or ways connected with the standards of the machine to permit by means of said shaft of certain'motions being imparted to said mechanism in order to thoroughly and expeditiously transform sliver or slubbing into roving and at a higher rate of speed than hitherto was possible and with friction on the working parts due to the arrangement of said mechanism reduced to .a minimum, whereby a better character of roving is obtained.

My invention consists of the improvements *hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature and general features of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with 'the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in Which- Figure 1, is a perspective View of one end of the condenser of a carding machine em` bodying the features of my invention. Fig.

2, is a top or plan View, showing 4the vgrooved yokes or frames, the divided and grooved boxes or blocks actuated by the quartered eccentric shaft, the ring doffer-cylinder, doerroll, rub-rolls and the means for connecting the rub-rolls to the yokes or frames of myinvention. Fig. 3, is a similar View in detail of one of the yokes'or frames, and Fig. 4, is a perspective View of the quartered eccentric shaft for controlling the d iiferent motions of the boxes and yokes actuating the rub-rolls 6o of the machine.,

Referring to the drawings A and A', represent standards at one end of the machine. These standardsA and A are connected with yeach other at the top by means of an arch piece A3and in the middle bya cross-bar A4,

and these parts together comprise'a frame for the reception of certain mechanisms of my invention t-o be hereinafter fully explained.

On integral cross pieces or shelvesAof 7o the standards A and A', on each side are detachably secured guides or waysB, by means of bolts and nuts 197, and provided with up-A .wardly curved or extending ends b, for engaging grooved or forked yokes or frames C, 7 5' as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. Theseyokes or frames C, have their respective ends cand 1;.. c', forked or grooved for engaging withkthe curved ends b, of the guides or ways B, so "that the yokes or frames C, may be reciprocated-So thereon by means of mechanism to be presently explained. These yokesv or frames C, are each provided with an oblong slot c2, the front wall of which is formed by the provision thereat of a recessed piece or bar c, of l preferably/the shape illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and which by means of bolts c4 and c5, and ,nuts c6 and c7, is detachably secured to each yoke or frame C. rIn the slotc, of each yoke or frame C, is inserted a divided and 9o grooved box or block D, the parts d and d',

of which are provided with grooves d2 and d3, engaging the arms or pieces cand o8, thereof,

as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

The parts d and d', of abox or block D,vare 95 I each provided with asemicircular aperture d4, forming together a circular opening D',

for engaging one of a series of eccentrics or cams formed preferably integral with a vertical drivingshaft E, which is journal'ed at roo its upper Vand lower extremities in curved brackets A6 and A7, suitably `secured to the front of the standards A and A', as clearly illustrated in Fig.' 1.

The shaft E, is provided at suitable distances apart with integral cams or eccentrics e, c', e2 and c3, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and these cams or eccentrics are arranged 'at or about an angle of ninety degrees to each other, as will be readily seen from Fig. 4, of the drawings. Each of these cams or eccentrics of the-shaft E, engages in an opening D', of one of the series of divided boxes o'r blocks D, of the yokes or frames C.' Two of these eccentrics or cams of theshaft E, are located at the upper portion of the machine and two at the lower portion thereof, for example, in the manner as illustrated in Fig. 1, of the drawings.

At or about the center of the shaft E, is secured a flanged pulley F, adapted for the reception Aof a belt, not shown, by means of which the pulley F, and the cam or eccentric shaft E, may be rotated from any suitable source of power. When the shaft E, is rotated the series of eccentrics or cams thereof .will actuate the respective blocks or boxes D, alorded a range of sliding movement in the oblong slots c2, of the frames or blocks C, and the said boxes or blocks will reciprocate the respective frames or yokes C, on the guides or ways B, backA and forth within the standards A and A', as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

According to the quartered arrangement shown of the cams 0r eccentrics e, c', c2 and c, of the shaft E, one of the yokes or frames C, will always be at a point farthest from the transverse movement of the same'toward the right of Fig. l, and at the same time another yoke or frame C, will be at a point farthest from its transverse movement toward the left of Fig. 1, while the two remaining blocks or frames O, will occupy a center position within the standards A and A', as will be readily understood from Figs. 1, 2 and 4 of the draw.- in s.

A lach yoke or frame O, is provided with a shoulder c", having a recess or groove for the reception of a shouldered end g', of a shaft g, of each of the two series of rub-rolls G and G'. These rolls, it is understood, are set in rotation by gear or other suitable mpchanism not shown located on the opposite side or end of the machine.

It will be readily understood from Figs. 1 and 2, that by means of the respective yokes or frames C., and quartered cams or eccentrics e, e', e2 and e, of the shaft E, when the latter is rotated by means of the pulley F, and

a belt, not shown, surrounding the sameand f actuated from any suitable source of power, the two` series of rub-rolls G and G', will be reciprocated in a transverse direction to their rotation from the opposite side of the machine and in the manner hereinbefore fully explained.

It may be here remarked that by the ard rangement of the cams or eccentrics e, e', e2

and c3, on the shaft E, at or aboutv an `angle of,

ninety degrees to each other in connection with the divided and grooved blocks or boxes D, and adapted to'actuate the yokes or frames C, engaging the guides or ways B, of the standards A and A', friction on the several parts due to such arrangement and ease of movement of the same is lessened and the rub-rolls G and G', adapted thereby to bereciprocated at a higher rate of speed than was heretofore possible in the use of condensers of carding machines, so that as practice has demonstrated, a far better rubbing action on the fibrous material issuing from the doier cylinder I-I, to doffer rolls I, and the rub-rolls G and G', is thus obtained.

The mode of operation of the hereinbefore described machine is as followsz-The ring doer cylinder H, being set in rotation di-y vides the `brous material issuing from the carding engine in action in the form of sheets into strips and presents the same to the doer rolls I, which latter in turn supply the two rows or series of rub rolls G and G', therewith. These two rows or series of rub-rolls G and G', located in the upper and lower portions of the standards A and A', are rotated in opposite directions so that the sliver or slubbing will be fed through the same from the left toward the `right in Figs. 1 and 2. Each row or series of rub-rolls by means of the quartered cams or eccentrics e, e', e2 and e3, of the shaft E, and blocks or boxes D, sliding back and forth longitudinally in the yokes or frames C,alsolslide to and fro transversely of the machine, when motion is imparted to the shaft E, from the pulley F, by means of a belt to be connected therewith, to cause the strips of sliver or slubbing tobe transformed into rovings by the thorough ation derived through the passage ofthe fibrous material between the two series or rows of rub-rolls G and G', in the manner explained and so as to leave the same in a completely formed roving for subsequent treatment or use.

It will be manifestly obvious that as to `minor details of construction and arrangement of parts of the mechanism of my invention as hereinbefore fully explained, modifications may be made without departing from the spirit'thereof; and hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the` precise construction and arrangement of such mechanism as hereinbefore explained; but,

Having 4thus described the natureand objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.h

1. The combination, in a rub motion mechanism for a condenser carding machine, of standards provided with cross pieces or ,shelves having detachable guides or ways sliding yokes or frames provided with flanged ends having grooves formed therein and en-` gaging said guides or ways, centrally arranged slots in said yoke's or frames, rub-rolls con TOO IIO

nected with said yokes or frames, dividedand grooved boxes or blocks in movable engagement with the slots of said yokes or frames, ashaft provided with cams or eccentrics set at about an angle of ninety degrees to each other and engaging said blocks or boxes, and means for actuating said shaft, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination,in a rub motion mechanism for a ycondenser carding machine, of standards having detachable ways or guides connected with the'sides or ends thereof, sliding yokes or frames with grooved or channeled ends engaging said ways or guides and provided with oblong slots, the front walls of each of said slots being formed of a recessed piece or bar which is secured by means of bolts and nuts to said yokes or frames, two series of rub-rolls connected with said yokes or frames, grooved and divided blocks or boxes movably engaging in the slots of said yokes or frames, a quartered cam or eccentric shaft engaging said blocks or boxes, and means for imparting rotary motion to said shaft, substantially as and for the purposes setv forth.

In testimony whereof' I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD KAY. Witnesses:

THOMAS M. SMITH, RICHARD C. MAXWELL. 

